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Foreign Buyers Increasingly Interested in US-Based Real Estate

Foreign Buyers Increasingly Interested in US-Based Real Estate

In the year between April 2016 and March 2017, Chinese buyers spent $31.7 billion on residential real estate in the United States—the most of any foreign buyer group, according to a National Association of Realtors (NAR) report. But since mainland China tightened restrictions in August 2017 on how …See all stories on this topic

The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar’s minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt to secure investment in a critically distressed asset in the company’s portfolio, according to two sources.See all stories on this topic

Knoxville real estate: What to know about the ‘very strong seller’s market’

The Knoxville Area Association of Realtors has 4,500 individual members in Knox and 11 nearby counties, but has only about 4,000 properties listed, according to Laura Slyman, KAAR president and principal broker for Slyman Real Estate. That tight inventory is helping local home values rise, she said.See all stories on this topic